Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in West Virginia for 2012

The Law Enforcement (LEO) payscale is the federal government payscale used to determine the salaries of over 70% of federal civilian employees.

Like the General Schedule (GS) Payscale, under the LEO payscale an employee's base pay depends on two factors - the LEO Paygrade of their job, and the Paygrade Step they have achieved (depending on seniority or performance). This base pay is then modified based on a "Locality Pay Adjustment", which adjusts the LEO payscale based on cost-of-living in different areas within the United States.

West Virginia has one or more Locality Pay Adjustment areas with special locality pay adjustment rates. This page lists the locality-adjusted yearly LEO pay scales for each area, with starting pay for a LEO-1 broken down by county in the interactive map.

The WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE-ARLINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Washington DC and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 24.22% more than the GS base pay rates to account for local cost of living.

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$32,556

$33,460

$34,364

$35,269

$36,173

$37,077

$37,982

$38,886

$39,790

$40,694

LEO-4

$36,546

$37,560

$38,575

$39,590

$40,605

$41,620

$42,635

$43,650

$44,665

$45,679

LEO-5

$42,022

$43,158

$44,293

$45,428

$46,564

$47,699

$48,835

$49,970

$51,105

$52,241

LEO-6

$44,312

$45,578

$46,843

$48,109

$49,375

$50,641

$51,907

$53,172

$54,438

$55,704

LEO-7

$47,838

$49,246

$50,653

$52,061

$53,468

$54,875

$56,283

$57,690

$59,098

$60,505

LEO-8

$49,861

$51,418

$52,976

$54,534

$56,092

$57,649

$59,207

$60,765

$62,322

$63,880

LEO-9

$53,350

$55,070

$56,791

$58,511

$60,232

$61,952

$63,673

$65,393

$67,114

$68,834

LEO-10

$58,752

$60,648

$62,544

$64,439

$66,335

$68,230

$70,126

$72,022

$73,917

$75,813

The Washington DC locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Kearneysville, and other areas within the region.

The PITTSBURGH-NEW CASTLE-WEIRTON, PA-OH-WV General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 16.37% more than the GS base pay rates to account for local cost of living.

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$30,498

$31,345

$32,193

$33,040

$33,887

$34,734

$35,581

$36,428

$37,276

$38,123

LEO-4

$34,236

$35,187

$36,138

$37,088

$38,039

$38,990

$39,941

$40,891

$41,842

$42,793

LEO-5

$39,367

$40,430

$41,494

$42,558

$43,621

$44,685

$45,749

$46,812

$47,876

$48,939

LEO-6

$41,512

$42,697

$43,883

$45,069

$46,255

$47,441

$48,626

$49,812

$50,998

$52,184

LEO-7

$44,815

$46,134

$47,452

$48,771

$50,089

$51,408

$52,726

$54,045

$55,363

$56,681

LEO-8

$46,710

$48,169

$49,628

$51,088

$52,547

$54,006

$55,465

$56,925

$58,384

$59,843

LEO-9

$49,979

$51,590

$53,202

$54,814

$56,425

$58,037

$59,649

$61,261

$62,872

$64,484

LEO-10

$55,040

$56,815

$58,591

$60,367

$62,143

$63,919

$65,694

$67,470

$69,246

$71,022

The Pittsburgh locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.

Any federal employees in West Virginia who do not live in an area for which a specific Locality Pay Adjustment has been set will receive the generic "Rest of the United States" locality pay adjustment of 14.16% (shown in the table below).

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$29,919

$30,750

$31,581

$32,412

$33,243

$34,074

$34,906

$35,737

$36,568

$37,399

LEO-4

$33,586

$34,519

$35,451

$36,384

$37,317

$38,249

$39,182

$40,115

$41,047

$41,980

LEO-5

$38,619

$39,663

$40,706

$41,749

$42,793

$43,836

$44,880

$45,923

$46,967

$48,010

LEO-6

$40,723

$41,886

$43,050

$44,213

$45,376

$46,540

$47,703

$48,866

$50,029

$51,193

LEO-7

$43,964

$45,258

$46,551

$47,844

$49,138

$50,431

$51,725

$53,018

$54,312

$55,605

LEO-8

$45,823

$47,254

$48,686

$50,117

$51,549

$52,981

$54,412

$55,844

$57,275

$58,707

LEO-9

$49,029

$50,611

$52,192

$53,773

$55,354

$56,935

$58,516

$60,097

$61,678

$63,259

LEO-10

$53,994

$55,736

$57,478

$59,221

$60,963

$62,705

$64,447

$66,189

$67,931

$69,673

The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.